Truck attachment for plows.



PATENTED AUG. 15, 1905.

7 L. PURE. TRUCK ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS 'APPLIGATION FILED MAY 11, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed May 11, 1904-. Serial No. 207,456.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, L'EANDER Form, a citizen of the United States,residing at Iuka, in the county of Pratt and State of Kansas, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Truck Attachments for Plows, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to riding attachments for the ordinary form ofplows or those requiring the operator to walk behind the same; and theprimary object of the attachment is to provide a simple and effectivedevice for supporting the operator and moving behind the plow, the saiddevice running in the furrow and attached in such manner that it will bepermitted to conform readily to the move ment of the plow and will beprevented from turning over or sluing and being thrown out of or at anangle to the furrow in turning curves or traveling an irregular furrow.The attachment is especially advantageous in practically holding theoperator in sitting position and avoiding fatigue incident to longtramps or walks behind a plow without in the least detracting from theoperation of the latter, the attachment being readily separable from andconnectible to a plow.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of thedetails which will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a plow showing theattachment applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal section onthe line 2 2, Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in both views.

The numeral 1 designates a plow of ordinary form or that commonly usedby farmers and others and has a moldboard 2, and projecting rearwardlyfrom between the moldboard and landside at a suitable elevation is adraft connection 3, in the form of a chain, having a terminal loop orcoupling-eye 4. The attachment consists of a truck or small vehicleprovided with a body or bed 5 and mounted on front and rear pairs ofwheels 6 and 7, which have the usual axle and bolster devices, or thesaid wheels may be applied in any other manner. A particularapplicationof the pairs of wheels is not essential to the operation of the truck,although the wheels of each pair must be placed close enough to run inthe furrow formed by the plow. Rising from the rear portion of the bodyor bed 5 between the rear pair of wheels 7 is a seat upright or standard8, having aseat 9 thereon, and secured to the standard is a brace 10,which extends downwardly and is attached to the center of the body inadvance of the upright. To the front end of the body at the center acoupling-bar 11 is attached by suitable fastening devices 11 and has adownwardly and forwardly inclined shank 11, terminating in a front hook12, which is preferably upturned and separably connected to the loop 4.

The truck may be readily attached or disconnected from the draftconnection 3, and the parts are so proportioned that when the couplingbar or device 11 is attached to the draft connection the plow-handles 13will project upwardly over the forward extremity of the truck toposition the grips 14 within convenient reaching distance of the seat 9.After the truck has been attached to the draft connection 3 the operatorassumes a position on the truck similar to that shown by Fig. 1, and asthe plow is drawn forward the truck follows in the furrow, the operatorbeing permitted to have free use of his hands in manipulating the plowas may be necessary.

As the plow is drawn forward the truck conforms to unevenness of theground over which it moves and to the lateral 'play of the plow throughthe medium of the connection between the coupling bar or device 11 andthe draft connection 3. It will be observed that the chain 3 and hook 12form a swiveled draft connection, which permits free movement of thetruck in all directions, thus not only allowing the truck and plow tohave independent lateral play, but also vertical play, whereby the plowmay be manipulated by the operator without interference from the truckor riding attachment. Also it will be observed that by having the shank11 of the coupling 11 downwardly and forwardly inclined the draftconnection between the plow and truck is disposed mainly below the planeof the truck-body, whereby a forward and downward pull is exerted uponthe rear portion of the truck to maintain the same and the front pair ofwheels 6 in the furrow. This action is supplemented by arranging theseat-supporting standard 8 vertically immediately above the rear wheels7, so that the greater portion of the weight of the operator will besustained by the rear por" tion of the truck. By thus so connecting thedraft attachment that the pull of the plow holds the forward end of thetruck and the weight of the operator holds the rear end of the truckdownward the truck is prevented from tilting under variations in theposition of the plow when adjusted to penetrate the soil to a greater orless extent and from sluing or being laterally deflected and thrownacross or out of the furrow in the turning of corners or when the truckis running in an irregular furrow. The disposition of the seatsupportingstandard and seat further enables the operator to occupy the mosteffective position for balancing the truck and controlling the plowthrough the stilts or handles 14:.

The improved attachment will be found exceptionally convenient anduseful and will overcome materially the tiresome movement and fatigue ofoperators or plowmen incident to the usual methods of plowing.

The attachment can be manufactured and placed on the market at acomparatively small cost and may be applied to plows now in use byproviding the latter with the draft connection 3. The application of thedraft connection 3 to plows now in use may be readily accomplished at asmall cost. It will also be understood that the proportions and generaldimensions of the truck may be modified to adapt the same for use inconnection with di fferent sizes of plows.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is Anattachment for plows comprising a fourwheeled truck havinga one-partplatform provided with a vertical standard secured thereto and betweenthe rear wheels thereof, and having a seat thereon, an inclined bracehaving one end secured to the truck its opposite end secured to thestandard, a coupling-bar having a straight portion secured to the underside of the front end of the platform, the bar having a downwardly andforwardly inclined extension provided with a terminal hook end, a chainhaving an eye detachably connected to the hook at one end, the oppositeend of the chain being secured to the plow in line with the hook, saidchain serving to permit of lateral and vertical movement of the truckduring the operation of the same, and the handles of the plow beingarranged over and above the central portion of the platform of the truckand in line with the seat when the truck is attached to the plow,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEANDER PORE.

\Vitnesses:

O. H. BooK, J. K. Herr.

